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WHITE STONE SEWER PROJECT HAS MOVEMENT
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White Stone is moving forward with its public sewer project. Council voted unanimously to have the town manager and mayor execute a contract to purchase property on which to locate the sewer’s wastewater treatment plant. It’s a 19.483-acre tract just outside of town limits on Mosquito Point Road at a cost of $250,000. Public utilities is an accepted use ...

The Middlesex County Board of Supervisors has agreed to advertise a proposed $24,557,343 county budget for FY 2018, which includes a 3-cent real estate tax increase and a $1.65 personal property rate on most personal-use vehicles. The move comes after the board originally agreed to a $1.60 personal property rate on personal-use vehicles, but last Friday, they increased the rate to $1.65. As it now ...

We recently told you about a vulture problem in Urbanna. Now, the Urbanna Town Council is trying to do something about it. The Southside Sentinal reports that a man showed up at the recent council meeting, and told about how the vultures have been harassing his 12-year-old black lab. It’s a pretty scary story too. You see, black vultures don’t just feed on things that ...

By The Associated Press March 16, 2017 3:05 am
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Douglas Wilder is accusing former Del. Joseph Morrissey of filing a bogus lawsuit against him to gain publicity.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Wilder has filed a motion to dismiss Morrissey’s lawsuit and asked for a hearing to be scheduled.
Morrissey is seeking $1.45 million in damages from Wilder and ...

SCHUYLER, Va. (AP) – Fifteen former cast members of the hit TV show “The Waltons” are returning to Virginia for a reunion weekend.
The Nelson County Times reports (http://bit.ly/2nbxPlc ) the Walton’s Mountain Museum in Schuyler will host the 45th anniversary reunion later this month. The events are also planned to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the death of the show’s creator, Earl Hamner Jr.
Hamner, ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) – Strawberry farmers are rushing to protect their crop from the cold temperatures.
The Virginian-Pilot reports (http://bit.ly/2nkSaoF) that buds have sprouted in Hampton Roads after the second-hottest February on record. The plants are now vulnerable to this week’s sub-freezing temperatures.
Strawberry grower Barbara Henley in Virginia Beach said strawberry plants are normally dormant this time of year.
Local farmers are using a variety of ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia’s attorney general is supporting Hawaii’s lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban.
Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement Tuesday that he joined 13 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief Monday in the District Court for Hawaii. Hawaii has asked for a temporary restraining order blocking the enforcement of the revised travel ban. A hearing in the ...